Defending the Honour of the Holy Prophet (sa)

NOTE: Alislam Team takes full responsibility for any errors or miscommunication
in this Synopsis
of the Friday Sermon

Huzuraba began his Friday Sermon by citing verse 57 of Surah Al Ahzab (33:57)
and said that he would continue with the subject he has been giving a discourse
on for the past few weeks. Speaking of some European countries and media’s
current ploy at hurting the feelings of Muslims in the name of freedom of
speech and the response of the OIC (Organisation of Islamic Conference) Huzuraba
praised the reaction. OIC have maintained that these countries will be pressurised
to apologise and to legislate against offending prophets of God in the name
of freedom of speech and that if they did not abstain from this then there
could be no guarantee for world peace. Huzuraba prayed that may they be enabled
to actually make decisions like this for world peace.

Huzuraba mentioned the retaliatory attempt by an Iranian newspaper
to arrange a contest of cartoons with reference to the Holocaust. Huzuraba said
although this is not an Islamic way, the Western countries, who exceed all
limits
in vulgarity in the name of freedom of speech have taken an exception to
this; the Danish newspaper at the centre of the controversy has announced
that it would certainly not participate in this ‘tasteless’ contest
and will uphold their ‘standards’. Huzuraba also
referred to the recent sentence to imprisonment for 3 years for a British
historian (David
Irving) in Austria for expressing some views on Holocaust 17 years ago.

Huzuraba said
certainly they do not tolerate it for themselves.

However, Huzuraba
said, could it be that the brazenness of the West is borne out of the pathetic
state of the Muslim world? They are all too aware that
despite the recent boycotts imposed these Muslim countries will revert
to the West. Huzuraba said these are simply fleeting reactions.

Huzuraba mentioned the recent desecration of the holy shrine in Iraq, the
increasing sectarian violence, and remarked that has anyone stopped and looked
into
the possibility that it could be the enemy’s mischief?

Huzuraba also commented on the situation in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh
where Muslim is killing Muslim at the provocation of their leaders and
said the enemies of Islam take advantage of such situations. Huzuraba said
Muslims
are faced with this blight because they have accused the Messiah of falsehood
and in doing so have been disobedient to the Holy Prophetsaw. This situation saddens the Ahmadis and they should pray that
may the rest of the Muslims do not bring Islam in disrepute by being instrumental
to the enemy.

Huzuraba said without doubt majority of Muslims follow their erroneous leaders
in this due to lack of knowledge. Huzuraba said if we truly love the Holy
Prophetsaw we should pray for the Muslim ummah
in the
ways that the Holy Prophetsaw has taught us.

Elucidating this with Ahadith Huzuraba explained that prayer stops in between
the earth and the heavens and unless salutations and blessings are invoked
on the Holy Prophetsaw “Darood” or “Assalatu
alannabi” no portion of the prayer reaches above. Referring to the
Quranic verse he read at the beginning Huzuraba said Allah Himself invokes
blessings on the Holy Prophetsaw therefore this
Quranic commandment is one that is an act of Allah. If one turns to Allah
with complete sincerity and invokes blessings on the Holy Prophetsaw it would be a source of reformation of the ummah,
a source of our own reformation as well as a means of acceptance of prayer.

Relating further Ahadith Huzuraba said on the Day of Judgment the one closest
to the Holy Prophetsaw will be one who invokes
the most blessings on him and that blessings invoked with heartfelt sincerity
are rewarded by Allah ten-fold in varied ways. The Holy Prophetsaw said that one who does not invoke blessings on him
has
no faith, that to remember Allah abundantly and to send blessings on him
alleviates hardship; he enjoined to repeat the words of the Adhan when
it is called and to follow this with invoking blessings on him and to seek
him
as a means of intercession from Allah.

The Promised Messiahas said Assalatu alannabi is a means
to achieve stability and should be said mindful of the splendour and the
supreme favours of the Holy Prophetsaw and
that this would result in the sweetest of consequence of acceptance of prayer.
Huzuraba said the Companions of the Holy Prophetsaw would leave aside all other prayers and would just invoke blessings
on him, likewise did the companions of the Promised Messiahas.

To those who experience no effect of Assalatu alannabi Huzuraba said it needs
to be said with complete sincerity of heart and while analysing and evaluating
oneself.

In the current era, which is the age of the Messiah, it is salient to respond
to what is offensive with prayer; we need to analyse ourselves and gauge
the depth of our love for the Holy Prophetsaw
and then if we can, should impart it to the rest of the Muslims, to follow
the way that Allah and His Messenger has commanded.

Among the range of versions of Assalatu alannabi Huzuraba cited the Promised
Messiahas as the version we say in our Salat as the most
blessed and said that one should say it with utmost sincerity until one
is deeply moved by a feeling of warmth and tenderness.

Huzuraba said in light of the significance of the Assalatu alannabi he had
included it in the prayers he had endorsed for the [Khilafat] Jubilee [2008].

Huzuraba said this is the age of the latter-days about which
Allah has declared in the Qur’an that Islam’s triumph will be
with prayer and reasoning and none of it is possible without sending blessings
on the Holy Prophetsaw.

Huzuraba said in accepting the
Promised Messiahas a tremendous
responsibility lies on our shoulders because Allah sent him to turn around
the adversity that Islam had got into. In the current climate of the
odious commotion about the Holy Prophetsaw indeed
Allah’s
angels would be invoking blessings on him and it is also our duty to infuse
the very air with blessings invoked on him; this is the expression of love
to maintain for the Holy Prophet and his people. May the rest of the Muslims
have the sense to recognise one who came to revive the atmosphere of peace
and security and in doing so elevated the station of the Holy Prophetsaw.

1400 years later in the very month of Muharram on the very same land [of
Iraq] Muslims are killing Muslims; may Allah give them the sense to desist.

Huzuraba said the intent of the ‘others’ does not look good, who
know what plans are being hatched that would put Muslims through further
trouble and difficulty.

May we be grateful servants of Allah that He enabled us to believe in the
Imam of the age; may He enable us to obey his teachings as well and may
He always keep us on the ways of His pleasure.